Open (More or Less) Post on Covid 53

[ecosophia]

As we move into the second year of these open posts, it's pretty clear that the official narrative is cracking as the toll of deaths and injuries from the Covid vaccines rises steadily and the vaccines themselves demonstrate their total uselesness at preventing Covid infection or transmission. It's still important to keep watch over the mis-, mal- and nonfeasance of our self-proclaimed health gruppenfuehrers, and the disastrous results of the Covid mania, but I think it's also time to begin thinking about what might be possible as the existing medical industry reels under the impact of its own self-inflicted injuries. 

(Yes, the change in image theme reflects that; the earlier sequence served its purpose. With a nod to El Gato Malo (1, 2, 3), the posts to come will be headed by thoughtful memes relevant to the Covid mess. Yes, I'll take nominations -- you can post links in the thread.)

So it's time for another open post. The rules are the same as before: 

1. If you plan on parroting the party line of the medical industry and its paid shills, please go away. This is a place for people to talk openly, honestly, and freely about their concerns that the party line in question is dangerously flawed and that actions being pushed by the medical industry et al. are causing injury and death. It is not a place for you to dismiss those concerns. Anyone who wants to hear the official story and the arguments in favor of it can find those on hundreds of thousands of websites.

2. If you plan on insisting that the current situation is the result of a deliberate plot by some villainous group of people or other, please go away. There are tens of thousands of websites currently rehashing various conspiracy theories about the Covid-19 outbreak and the vaccines. This is not one of them. What we're exploring is the likelihood that what's going on is the product of the same arrogance, incompetence, and corruption that the medical industry and its tame politicians have displayed so abundantly in recent decades. That possibility deserves a space of its own for discussion, and that's what we're doing here. 
 
3. If you plan on using rent-a-troll derailing or disruption tactics, please go away. I'm quite familiar with the standard tactics used by troll farms to disrupt online forums, and am ready, willing, and able -- and in fact quite eager -- to ban people permanently for engaging in them here. Oh, and I also lurk on other Covid-19 vaccine skeptic blogs, so I'm likely to notice when the same posts are showing up on more than one venue. 

4. If you don't believe in treating people with common courtesy, please go away. I have, and enforce, a strict courtesy policy on my blogs and online forums, and this is no exception. The sort of schoolyard bullying that takes place on so many other internet forums will get you deleted and banned here. No, I don't care if you disagree with that: my journal, my rules. 

With that said, the floor is open for discussion. 

Comments

Re: Good news from SW Washington

[coyote_girl]

It is good to keep in mind that populist movements can be a mixed bag. They can give an opening for a brutal demagogue or bring about some genuine reforms.

To keep on topic for this post, the disastrous response from Cooties has fed the populist response. Not just the fox and mask mandates either. A large number of small businesses were crushed from the lockdowns while large corporations reaped the windfalls. Corporate used to be a dirty word in some liberal circles, now it seems to be in more conservative ones. Then there's the likely illegal rent moratoriums issued by the CDC. Mom and Pop investors who put their nest egg into a rental property or two got a ticket to forclosureville. Renters did not have to pay, but property owners were still on the hook for the mortgage payments the rents were to cover.

While not big enough yet, there's a growing push to put limits on state and federal emergency powers.

I very much would like to see the individuals responsible for the abuses of the last two and a half years held to account, but yes, there is the danger of scapegoating groups as well. That needs to be constantly watched for. History has enough examples. We do not need to add another. We are vulnerable enough to that kind of mob mentality, myself included.

At the moment, it looks like the best bet for any meaningful reforms is coming from the conservative side. I hope it works, the alternatives look grim. Best of luck on your side of the boarder as well, and thanks for the sobering warning.